{"id":74546,"date":"2026-05-03T19:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T19:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/74546\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T19:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T19:02:14","slug":"tata-nemel-pattona-rad-prozradil-v-plzni-syn-americkeho-veterana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/74546\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00e1ta nem\u011bl Pattona r\u00e1d, prozradil v\u00a0Plzni syn americk\u00e9ho veter\u00e1na"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thurmond si v\u00a0sobotu prohl\u00e9dl stylov\u00fd kemp US Army v\u00a0K\u0159i\u017e\u00edkov\u00fdch sadech. \u201eVid\u011bl jsem spoustu vybaven\u00ed, kter\u00e9 opravdu odpov\u00eddalo t\u00e9 dob\u011b,\u201c \u0159ekl Novink\u00e1m Thurmond. <\/p>\n

\u201eDali jsme si tam i\u00a0j\u00eddlo. J\u00eddeln\u00ed misky byly stejn\u00e9 jako tenkr\u00e1t a\u00a0porce byly velk\u00e9. Tak\u00e9 jako tenkr\u00e1t. Vlastn\u011b si nepamatuji, \u017ee bych m\u011bl n\u011bkdy v\u00a0arm\u00e1d\u011b hlad,\u201c poznamenal veter\u00e1n.<\/p>\n

Thurmond v\u00a0p\u011bta\u010dty\u0159ic\u00e1t\u00e9m dorazil na z\u00e1pad \u010cech a\u017e po skon\u010den\u00ed boj\u016f a\u00a0vykon\u00e1val zde str\u00e1\u017en\u00ed slu\u017ebu. P\u016fsobil v\u00a0Klatovech a\u00a0St\u0159elsk\u00fdch Ho\u0161tic\u00edch. Na Slavnostech svobody je poprv\u00e9 a\u00a0podle sv\u00fdch slov si je velmi u\u017e\u00edv\u00e1. \u201eM\u00e1m pocit, \u017ee si to ani nezaslou\u017e\u00edm. J\u00e1 ud\u011blal jen malinko, byl jsem jen malou sou\u010d\u00e1st\u00ed osvobozen\u00ed,\u201c poznamenal.<\/p>\n

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Jeho syn Michael na t\u00e1tu prozradil, \u017ee si z\u00a0v\u00e1lky p\u0159ivezl slu\u0161nou \u0159\u00e1dku \u201esuven\u00fdr\u016f\u201c. \u201eMe\u010de, d\u00fdky, historick\u00e9 zbran\u011b, helmy. M\u00e1ma tyhle v\u011bci nesn\u00e1\u0161ela, doma to m\u00edt necht\u011bla. Tak je n\u011bkomu rozdala, co\u017e mi bylo hrozn\u011b l\u00edto,\u201c p\u0159iznal Michael Thurmond. <\/p>\n

\u201eT\u00e1ta tak\u00e9 nem\u011bl r\u00e1d gener\u00e1la Pattona, proto\u017ee ho nutil st\u00e1t v\u00a0de\u0161ti nebo za mrazu na hrozn\u011b dlouh\u00fdch hl\u00eddk\u00e1ch. Ale je jasn\u00e9, \u017ee lid\u00e9 jako Patton jsou pot\u0159eba, kdy\u017e se maj\u00ed vyhr\u00e1vat v\u00e1lky,\u201c dodal Thurmond junior.<\/p>\n

Nezapomenuteln\u00fd kol\u00e1\u010d<\/p>\n

Druh\u00fd z\u00a0veter\u00e1n\u016f Gideon Kantor se pod\u00edlel na osvobozen\u00ed koncentra\u010dn\u00edho t\u00e1bora Ohrdruf, pobo\u010dky Buchenwaldu, a\u00a0t\u00fdden slou\u017eil v\u00a0Su\u0161ici. \u201eTam byla \u00fapln\u011b skv\u011bl\u00e1 atmosf\u00e9ra, \u00fapln\u011b jin\u00e1 ne\u017e v\u00a0N\u011bmecku. V\u00edtali n\u00e1s,\u201c zavzpom\u00ednal Kantor.<\/p>\n

Jeho syn Eric p\u0159idal jednu z\u00a0otcov\u00fdch obl\u00edben\u00fdch historek: \u201eKdy\u017e p\u0159ijeli do Su\u0161ice, m\u00edstn\u00ed p\u0159inesli kol\u00e1\u010d a\u00a0polo\u017eili jim ho na jeep. To jsme sly\u0161eli mnohokr\u00e1t. Ale jinak otec o\u00a0v\u00e1lce nemluvil, ani o\u00a0n\u00ed nic ne\u010detl. To se trochu zm\u011bnilo a\u017e po oslav\u00e1ch osmdes\u00e1ti let vylod\u011bn\u00ed v\u00a0Normandii, kter\u00fdch se z\u00fa\u010dastnil.\u201c<\/p>\n

Kantor m\u011bl za \u017eenu Francouzku, do Evropy tedy jezdil pravideln\u011b. Do \u010cech se ale pod\u00edval od v\u00e1lky poprv\u00e9. \u201eSlavnosti si hrozn\u011b u\u017e\u00edv\u00e1m. A\u00a0obdivuji hudbu, kterou tady m\u00e1m mo\u017enost sly\u0161et,\u201c poznamenal Kantor.<\/p>\n

Te\u010dka u\u00a0pomn\u00edku<\/p>\n

Oba veter\u00e1ni se z\u00fa\u010dastn\u00ed i\u00a0z\u00e1v\u011bre\u010dn\u00e9ho bodu cel\u00fdch Slavnost\u00ed svobody, st\u0159ede\u010dn\u00edho hlavn\u00edho pietn\u00edho aktu u\u00a0pomn\u00edku D\u00edky, Ameriko!. \u201eP\u0159isl\u00edbili, \u017ee pronesou kr\u00e1tkou zdravici,\u201c nast\u00ednil plze\u0148sk\u00fd prim\u00e1tor Roman Zarzyck\u00fd (ANO) a\u00a0dodal: \u201ePoprv\u00e9 v\u00a0\u017eivot\u011b jsem m\u011bl mo\u017enost sed\u011bt se dv\u011bma gentlemany, jim\u017e je dohromady dv\u011b st\u011b jedna let. A\u00a0je to \u00fa\u017easn\u00fd z\u00e1\u017eitek.\u201c<\/p>\n

Veter\u00e1ni, kte\u0159\u00ed se pod\u00edleli p\u0159\u00edmo na osvobozen\u00ed Plzn\u011b – americk\u00e1 arm\u00e1da vstoupila do m\u011bsta 6.\u00a0kv\u011btna 1945 – u\u017e n\u011bkolik let nejezd\u00ed. N\u011bkte\u0159\u00ed zem\u0159eli, jin\u00fdm to neumo\u017en\u00ed vysok\u00fd v\u011bk. Cestu Josepha Thurmonda zorganizoval amat\u00e9rsk\u00fd historik Jan Horsky, loni za n\u00edm vyrazil do Indiany. <\/p>\n

\u201eV dev\u011btadevades\u00e1ti letech tam st\u00e1l na zahrad\u011b a\u00a0\u0161t\u00edpal d\u0159\u00edv\u00ed. R\u00e1zem jsem v\u011bd\u011bl, \u017ee pojedeme na v\u00fdlet,\u201c doplnil Horsky.<\/p>\n

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